action packed pre-valentine weekend

for one, tonight's the much anticipated game 1 of the PBA Philippine Cup between my Brgy Ginebra Gin Kings against its sister team, San Miguel Beer. so much irony in this championship series: the Kings head coach (Uichico) was the former coach of san miguel, and it's his first championship game/series outside his former team, rommel adducul is also playing his first championship against his former team (ginebra).

the Best Player of the Conference will also be decided by the series as it is being closely contested by both Mark Caguioa and Danny Seigle, the main men of both teams and the two leading contenders for the plum with Mark leading Danny only by a hair.

aside from the games 1 and 2 (on sunday), what makes the weekend action-packed? getting tickets for games 3 and 4 will surely be not for the weak heart and i am dedicating half of my saturday securing one, imagine travelling from imus to araneta coliseum (times like these, getting ticket from the ticketnet is not advisable, going to the venue in at least three days advance is closer to getting the real thing).

and sunday, ah this sunday, feb 11 is a special day *wink, wink* if i don't remember the significance of that day, lyn will kill me. i think i'll post a separate blog on that, by the way, that's our sixth year anniversary and i have so much stuff in my mind that i don't know which one to pick, which one to do and i am feeling that my brain is on a hibernating mode (it's not even cold)...

but, i think i can pull this one off *crossing fingers*... good luck to me. :)

(hmm, the title of this post...)

2-2!

and it happened!

the Ginebra-Talk n'Text semi-final series is now tied at 2-2, same with the San Miguel-Red Bull pairings. are we now looking for a down-the-wire finish? your guess is as good as mine: yes. the semis has now turned to be unpredictable. the San Miguel-red bull game last night was decided by a triple by Penissi in the dying seconds of the game that might go either way.

again, since they're the first game, i wasn't able to watch the game of the gin kings. shame on the bus driver that doesn't want to change the channel. hehehe. i am bitter. LOL.

the same question still floats in the air: is ginebra missing the services of eric menk? the answer is yes and no. in the two of the last three games, yes (because they lost, they cannot run AND no one can consistently post or grab that rebound) but in their two wins, no (because they run, the baskets are coming in and rudy hatfield is smashing the boards!).

while ginebra maybe missing the services of menk, the phonepals hava ren ren ritualo and mac cardona on the floor but ironically, their presence were not felt. i think that's what the kings should do, silenced and distract ritualo and cardona so they won't find their range, and put someone to stop asi taulava from posting.

and rebound.

and run.

and let the crowds join the war.

game 5 is on friday...

GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!

and now its 1-2, what happened?

oh. i missed the game last night and i have no idea who won until this morning when i went to the pba page.

my energy this morning was higher than the usual and it hit the floor upon learning that the phonepals make it two in a row against the kings. what went wrong? the phonepals played their game the way they want it, they prevented the kings from running and when that happens, you take the life out of the barangay!

no, no, no way (and i'm telling you?? lol) that they'll make it three against the kings, this wednesday's THE game, the turnaround and it will be back to square one, 2-2.

GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!

Ginebra takes the semis game 1

yes!

and who says an almost a month of rest will make them rusty? although Mark Caguioa was last night's best player, i think Johnny Abarrientos, the veteran, provided the much needed energy when the Kings started the run early in the second quarter up to that commanding 29 points lead in the 4th quarter.

later in the 4th quarter, renren ritualo back-to-back-to-back baskets give some scare (they manage to close the gap to only 10) but thanks to caguioa and the baskets made by Raffy Reavis and Jayjay Helterbrand, they doused some cold water on the phonepals before they fire up and overturn the game.

i hope caguioa is doing alright, he had a sprain with one minute to go in the game. i hope its nothing serious, Ginebra cannot afford to lose another key player in caguioa after losing Eric Menk, who'll sit down for the rest of the tournament due to calf injury.

game 2 on friday. GI-NEB-RA! GI-NEB-RA! GI-NEB-RA!